A Louis XV gilt and patinated bronze bull mantel clock, Edmé-Jean Causard, Paris, circa 1755

5¼-inch enamel dial signed Causard, Hgr Du Roy, Suivt La Cour, finely pierced and engraved hands, the similarly signed movement with silk suspension, star-cut outside count wheel striking on a bell, the drum surmounted by a dog and heron and mounted on the back of a bull, on a rocaille base

Sotheby's Paris, 14th April 2010, Lot 77

Dial in good condition, very minor old hair crack to centre, good hands. Movement appears to be complete and clean but may benefit from some fresh oil. Case in good clean restored condition, repair to leg of heron, otherwise good. No pendulum or winder.
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Edmé-Jean Causard is recorded as working in Rue St-Honoré, Paris.  He died in 1780